Percent and standard error for public elementary school music and visual arts specialists reporting that they somewhat or strongly agreed with statements about arts instruction at their currently assigned school, by school characteristics: School year 2009–10

School characteristic

Parents support me in my effortsto educate their children

The administration supportsme in my work

Students are motivatedto do well in my class

Community organizations/groups support my efforts to educate students

Musicspecialist

Visual arts specialist

Musicspecialist

Visual arts specialist

Musicspecialist

Visual arts specialist

Musicspecialist

Visual arts specialist

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

Percent

Standarderror

All public elementary school music andvisual arts specialists

88

(1.0)

85

(1.3)

85

(1.2)

87

(1.1)

89

(1.1)

92

(1.1)

76

(1.6)

75

(1.7)

Enrollment size

Less than 300

85

(2.5)

86

(3.9)

82

(3.1)

91

(3.1)

85

(3.4)

93

(2.6)

72

(3.6)

79

(3.9)

300 to 499

91

(1.4)

84

(1.9)

86

(2.0)

84

(1.7)

91

(1.6)

89

(1.7)

78

(2.5)

72

(2.6)

500 or more

87

(1.9)

86

(1.7)

85

(2.0)

88

(1.5)

88

(1.6)

93

(1.4)

75

(2.2)

76

(2.3)

Community type

City

84

(2.8)

79

(2.7)

81

(3.1)

83

(2.2)

85

(2.5)

88

(2.4)

70

(3.0)

68

(3.5)

Suburban

91

(1.6)

86

(2.3)

85

(2.4)

88

(1.7)

91

(1.6)

92

(1.9)

75

(2.7)

76

(2.7)

Town

91

(2.5)

85

(3.5)

90

(2.6)

89

(3.1)

91

(2.4)

92

(2.3)

83

(3.0)

76

(5.2)

Rural

88

(1.7)

90

(1.8)

86

(2.0)

90

(2.1)

89

(2.0)

94

(1.6)

79

(2.3)

81

(2.6)

Region

Northeast

89

(2.3)

86

(2.6)

83

(2.7)

85

(2.4)

90

(2.1)

88

(2.1)

77

(3.3)

71

(2.8)

Southeast

88

(1.9)

83

(2.3)

91

(1.8)

90

(2.1)

86

(2.0)

93

(1.6)

74

(2.8)

76

(2.9)

Central

88

(1.6)

86

(2.4)

83

(2.7)

86

(2.0)

88

(2.2)

92

(1.7)

77

(2.9)

78

(2.9)

West

86

(2.4)

85

(3.5)

83

(2.4)

89

(2.4)

90

(2.3)

94

(1.8)

73

(3.0)

74

(4.2)

Percent combined enrollment of Black and other races/ethnicities1

Less than 6 percent

92

(1.9)

90

(2.6)

86

(2.9)

89

(2.6)

88

(2.5)

93

(2.4)

82

(3.3)

81

(3.0)

6 to 20 percent

89

(2.2)

90

(1.9)

81

(2.7)

89

(2.1)

91

(2.1)

93

(1.6)

74

(3.4)

80

(2.6)

21 to 49 percent

91

(2.0)

88

(2.9)

91

(2.3)

86

(2.2)

90

(2.1)

93

(2.3)

81

(3.3)

75

(3.6)

50 percent or more

83

(2.4)

76

(2.4)

83

(2.6)

86

(2.1)

86

(2.0)

89

(2.1)

69

(2.8)

67

(3.4)

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch

0 to 25 percent

91

(2.0)

92

(1.8)

85

(2.4)

88

(2.1)

89

(2.2)

94

(1.6)

77

(3.1)

82

(2.4)

26 to 50 percent

90

(2.0)

88

(2.1)

82

(2.8)

85

(2.4)

90

(2.5)

91

(2.0)

80

(2.7)

79

(2.2)

51 to 75 percent

91

(1.6)

85

(3.1)

89

(1.8)

91

(2.5)

92

(1.6)

92

(2.0)

79

(2.2)

69

(3.8)

76 percent or more

78

(3.2)

70

(3.8)

82

(3.4)

84

(2.7)

83

(2.5)

87

(3.0)

63

(4.0)

67

(3.9)

1 Other races/ethnicities include Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native students.

NOTE: Arts specialists are education professionals with a teaching certificate in an arts discipline—such as music, visual arts, dance, or drama/theatre—who provide separate instruction in that discipline.